{"id":6594,"date":"2016-03-15T11:12:08","date_gmt":"2016-03-15T11:12:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.monsterindia.com\/career-advice\/3-mistakes-that-could-cost-you-your-dream-job-6594\/"},"modified":"2023-04-10T14:47:20","modified_gmt":"2023-04-10T09:17:20","slug":"3-mistakes-that-could-cost-you-your-dream-job","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.foundit.sg\/career-advice\/3-mistakes-that-could-cost-you-your-dream-job\/","title":{"rendered":"3 Mistakes that could cost you your dream job"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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You\u2019ve been called in to interview for your dream job and everyone\u2019s offering you pointers on how to ace it. But what you really need is advice on what not to do. And who could do a better job guiding you than top professionals from the industry?<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Monster.com asked India\u2019s top HR professionals\u00a0for the lowdown on the three biggest mistakes candidates make in an interview. Here\u2019s what they said:<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1. People go in unprepared<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n


There is just no excuse for not doing your homework, says Neelam Gill Malhotra, senior HR professional. Read up before the interview and tailor your responses to the industry. Shailesh Singh, HR expert, concurs. \u201cTry and gain knowledge about the company and the vision of its leaders,\u201d he says.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

2. People oversell themselves<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n


You can embroider things but there\u2019s no call for dishonesty of any kind in an interview. Be honest and present a balanced picture instead of beating around the bush. \u201cA lot of candidates try to be what they are not; it\u2019s like they don\u2019t present a true picture of themselves. Be yourself and project a realistic assessment of your achievements,\u201d Priyanka Anand, senior HR professional, shares.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

3. Candidates don\u2019t communicate clearly<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n


Lots of candidates aren\u2019t precise in their responses. They rush into their answers so there seems to be no correlation between questions asked and answers. V Manjunath Rao, senior HR person, points out, \u201cYour ability to communicate is what gets your message across to the interviewer. So ensure that you give the question some thought, think through the answer and structure it cohesively. Being precise is of utmost importance.\u201d <\/span>
At the end, remember that honesty counts. You may build yourself up but lies \u2013 especially when they relate to job performance and experience – will be seen through after some time. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Always project a professional image<\/a> as you are in a formal situation \u2013 dress appropriately, be polite and mind your language. Keep all that in mind, and you\u2019ll be on a good wicket!<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

You\u2019ve been called in to interview for your dream job and everyone\u2019s offering you pointers on how to ace it. But what you really need is advice on what not to do. And who could do a better job guiding you than top professionals from the industry? Monster.com asked India\u2019s top HR professionals\u00a0for the lowdown […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6595,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-6594","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-job-search-strategy"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.foundit.sg\/career-advice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6594","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.foundit.sg\/career-advice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.foundit.sg\/career-advice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.foundit.sg\/career-advice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.foundit.sg\/career-advice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6594"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.foundit.sg\/career-advice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6594\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16872,"href":"https:\/\/www.foundit.sg\/career-advice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6594\/revisions\/16872"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.foundit.sg\/career-advice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6595"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.foundit.sg\/career-advice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6594"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.foundit.sg\/career-advice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6594"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.foundit.sg\/career-advice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6594"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}